Posts Tagged "vat on herbal teas"

Breaking news: VAT is NOT going to be applied to herbal teas!
This U-turn by Revenue, to be confirmed in writing in the next few weeks, is due to industry lobbying.
Let’s hope the campaign to avoid 23% VAT being added to food supplements is as successful. Sign our petition by clicking on poster …

Irish Revenue are slowly but surely rolling forward with a policy which will mean, that money spent on maintaining or improving your health will be taxed at 23 percent.
Bizarre though it may seem, VAT is now being applied to many food supplements and indeed herbal teas. Irish health stores have initiated a campaign to try to have this policy overturned. “Treating people’s attempt to maintain their health as if it was a luxury must be seen as the last straw and has to be resisted.”, declared one health store owner.
All health conscious people are being asked to make their...